APO (SNP)/BW Best Practices

Hi experts,
I have several reporting requirements using BW and APO - SNP.
I´d like to know what´s the best way to acomplish this requirements. Is it best to store the data first on infocubes on APO and then extract these data to BW, or use the standard extractors, or use ABAP routines and BAPI?
Any help is welcome.
Thanks in advance.
T.P.

Hi T.P.
I would suggest you can create infocubes for various types of data, then carry out the extraction into BW and then use it for various reporting functionalities.  Please ensure taking back up of data on a periodical basis so that in case of any crash incidences, the data can be retrievable.
Hope this helps your query.  Please confirm
Regards
R. Senthil Mareeswaran.

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